Posted on 07/09/2011 6:35:03 AM PDT by unseen1
It is one of those things that people see but do not see. Gov Palin has not been seen on Fox News now for 34 days. From news reports Gov Palin is one of their most high paid commenters and yet they have chosen to not have her on air for an entire month plus. Her last appearance on Fox News was on June 5th 2011 where she appeared on Fox News Sunday. That appearance was one in which the anchor Chris Wallace called her performance "boffo" and remarked that for the first time he saw Gov Palin as a legitimate candidate for POTUS. After that, she made a brief appearance on Fox Business News channel in the middle of June. That appearance was also regarded as a strong performance.
Since the Fox News Sunday show, Fox has not scheduled Gov Palin on any show on their main news channel. They have done this even though Gov Palin continues to cause ratings to increase when she is on their channel. Per a press conference with Gov Palin during her Bus Tour and after her meeting with Ailes , Palin expressed that she was still under contract with Fox News and that she would let Fox News management know her plans in regards to a POTUS run sometime during the summer. So the question becomes why the absence from Fox news? If she is still under contract and still increases ratings for Fox News why does management not schedule her? Why continue to pay her but not use her? If Fox News thought her a candidate should they not have suspended her contract? Or at the least publicly announced she would not be on air until she made her decision like they did with Newt and Rick Santorum? And if they didn't consider her a candidate should they not have her scheduled to appear? Does Fox News management know something we do not? Does Fox News not want to give her a platform? Is there a movement by Fox News to keep Gov Palin's voice out of the conversation?
There have been reports that Palin and Fox News management have had a falling out. It has also been reported that the Fox News contract makes Palin unable to appear on competing News channels. What we can glean from the absence of Gov Palin from Fox News airwaves is that Fox News is fine with paying Gov Palin for no output. Why would Fox News management continue to pay Gov Palin in this regard? From a business stand point that makes no sense. Employers do not pay employees for no reason. What the reason is is anyone's guess. But never think for a minute there is no reason. Something is going on. A good reporter might ask what that something is.
yes. but it’s not a full time gig. my unstanding is she just has to be available if she is chosen if they need her. unless she is picked as a jurist she has most of her time free.
I think a big haul in fundraising will go a long way to the media treating her seriously from the start. I gave to sarhapac but I didn’t give a lot. I will give more if she runs.
I have a hunch she will make some strategic appearances surrounding the premiere of “The Undefeated” next weekend.
There has been litle else on the news no time left after the Casey Anthony trial coverage.
hope your hunch is correct!
good point. fox was pretty wal to wall with that coverage wasn’t it.
I’m with you, bwc2221, I think she’s preparing for the campaign. Also probably has some extended family logistics [for assistance] to work out. They gave Track a test run with the fishing business last year so he could take that over [per SPAlaska]. Also, as long as she’s under an exclusivity contract with FOX she can work more quietly on the surprise attack.
Rick Perry will be announcing his run for president first week or second in August...when Sarah Palin annouces should be interesting...
I saw one where she marveled that some reported commented that she and Todd were dismayed/angered at the way The Undefeated portrayed her.
I hope/pray/think she is running!!! However I will play along...Lets say Roger Ailes (sp) says to Sarah...If you should decide not to run, the 5 PM slot is yours, you can have a free hand, whatever you want to do.
I can imagine Sarah saying...If I do not run, the 5 PM slot would be terrible for me, but I might be open to the 8 PM slot...should I not run.
Bristol and I both believe that Michele B is starting to try and dress like her mom...before you know it MB will be saying drill baby drill.
Maybe, just MAYBE, she’s on jury duty.
Yes and as long as she is under contract to them she can not appear on other networks so if they don’t put her on the air, no one can and she get no exposure.
Roger Ailes would tell her to take hike if she demanded a time slot that currently features the top-rate cable news show.
the day I see her wearing glasses is the day I’m waiting for.
I liked how she not only took the oppurtunity to drive home the fact that the media makes crap up but also promote the movie.
Oops, missed the previous Jury Duty posts.
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